Semecarpus forstenii
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Semecarpus forstenii is a species of tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1913-1 Semecarpus forstenii - Plants of the World Online] The tree's sap is poisonous.
Names
S. forstenii is reconstructed as *lapuka in the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language, the reconstructed ancestor of the Malayo-Polynesian languages.Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (eds). 2008. [http://hdl.handle.net/1885/106908 The lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society]. Volume 3: [https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/106908/7/RossPawleyOsmond-ProtoOceanicLexicon-Vol3-Plants.pdf Plants]. Pacific Linguistics 599. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University.
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